The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-14

it has more than earned its per cents in any pool
ing arrangements. and locally has steadily in
creased its tonnage until treble the tonnage of
five years ago is now billed ont OF here.
While the order to lift the boycott on the
Western roads out of St Louis has not been
proclaimed it is practically in force. both the
I. & St. L. and the vandaiia are selling tickets
to ST. Louis and an order for a ticket at the st.
Louis Office to any point the purchaser of the
ticket desires.
c. J. Hepburn. former superintendent. of the
E. e T. H. and more recently of the c., 81. 81
D. who was obliged to give up railroading on
account of paralytic troubles, has of late. bis
numerous friends will be glad to learn. greatly
improved in health and walks without erutches
other assistance.
The c., T., St L. & C. road. last evening
turned over the c.. III. & l.. twenty eight car
& D. people are in the market for 1000 stock
thirty four feet in length, and propose IN
the future to makelthelr road, in connection with
the Erie one of the through livestock routes
from this section.
On July 1 the extension of the Louisville,
Evansville & St Louis road westward will be
resumed, and it will not be surprise should
the road be pushed through to ST. Louis. IL Is
quite evident that the road will never amount to
much until the company does extend the line to
some more important Western railroad center
than now touched.
The c., l., st. L. & C. people have bsen quiet
the garb of excursion rates, to cut rates In all
directions, but now they have become FESTIVE,
and announce 50 rate the round trip to Cnica.
60 on the 18th, good to return in SIX days. IL
would not be surprising If this move on the part
of the Big Four opened passenger rate war
With but one or two exceptions. the New
England roads have gone back to the old method
of selling 1,000mie tickets at two cents per
mile good for one year, and it IS highly prooa-
BILE that within the next ninety days this will be
the ruling rate for 1000 mile tickets on Indian
lie inor he
senger agents that they adopt this rate IS great.
The Indianapolis & VIncennes has now sixty
miles of good well ballasted steel rail track and
will this year add some ten miles more. For the
time being the company has abandoned the idea
of constructing additional track to the coal
mines which are located in territory adjacent to
the road. but will develop the stone quarries and
the lumber district. which are legitimateiy trib-
utary to their line.
The Strong locomotive. embodying several
new and important features of locomotive con-
Pennsylvania from New York to Chicago. lying
over for exhibition at some of the principal rail-
road points one train. then taking 1t up again
This engine will be in Chicago Thursday, and
will. later in the week. be run from Chicago to
St Paul. over the c., NJ. & ST. z. road, for ex-
hlbItioT at the latter city
G. G. Waite will to-day issue notice of the fol-
lowing appointments: Joseph Hill to be Assist
ant general manager of the company, with office
at Terre Haute Ind; Charles Nelson IS ap-
pointed general superintendent, with once at
ST. Louis. Mo-. appointments to take effect TINS
date. 1t is gratifying to note that COLONEL hui,
who has done SO much to bring the Vandalia
road up to its present excellent physical condi-
ton, is to remain with the road
The most disheartened man in the railroad
service is the travelling passenger agent When
the roads were paying commissions the travel
ing passenger agent was always welcome
visitor, was asked home to the table of the agent,
furnished with the best horse and buggy in the
town and every attention shown him. Now he
is received with a cold shoulder, the agent is too
busy to give him any attention and the country
station has no attractions for him.
One of the Pennsylvania fast express trains
now running between New York and Chicago is
lighted by electricity from storage batteries
furnished by the Electrical Accumulation Com
pany of New York. The arrangement is a
permanent one. 1t would be we'll for the Penn
sylvania Company to introduce some of their i'm
provements their lines between St. Louis and
New York via Indianapolis. and in this manner
check the tide of travel which is turning toward
the Bee-line and the New York Central
The purchase of the control of the Vandalia
by the c., H. & D. people places President In
gals in rather an en- barrassing position. as re-
CARDS the extension from Columbus, Ind. west
ward. The narrow guage road. which it is pro
posed to make standard guage and use as link
in the line, terminates at Efingham, and unless
1t is pushed on East St. Louis the c.. l., St
L. & c. will be at the mercy of the G.. II. & d.
people for ST. Louis entrance. This embar-
rassment could be overcome by building to a
connection with the l. e. St l.. or the Toledo.
St. Louis & Kansas City road. both of which
have excellent terminal facilities in East St
Louis.
The first faint murmurilgs of the tide of sum-
mer travel are heard and the railroads are max
ing arrangements to better accommodate the
rush of seekers of fresh air and sunlight than
usual. If the fishing aud hunting excursion
business is included. the vacation and pleasure
season begins about the 1st of June and ends the
LIST of October. The season is expected to be a
very good one. and present indications are that
Northern resorts to be more literally pat
ronized than heretofore. However. New Eng
land roads, in the way of rates to excursion par
ties and peasure-seekers, are making greater
concessions than the Western roads. The inter
state commerce law has no terrors for the New
England or the New York roads.